Combined snow-plow and rutter.



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APPLIIGATION FILED NOV. 21, 1908. r 950,075. Pate ted Feb.22,1910.-

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

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J. MONPAS.

COMBINED SNOW PLOW AND BUTTER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 21; 1908.

314 11a n ton 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

Patented Feb. 22; 1910.

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COMBINED SNOW-PLO! AND BUTTER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JEFFRAY MoNPAs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chippewa Falls, in the county of Chippewa and State ofWVisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCombined Snow-Flows and Butters; and I do declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to thefigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to a combined snow plow, rutter and rut clearer.

It has for its object to provide a combined plow and rutter in which thewings constituting the plow will extend through the runners and beyondboth sides of each runner so that each wing will deflect the snow frombetween the runners through and away from the outside of the runners,thus simplifying and reducing the number of parts for removal of thesnow, and reducing friction so as to lighten the draft on the horses.

It has further for its object to provide a construction in which theplow-wings may be suspended at the height desired, and also readilydisconnected at either side of the draft so that it may swing or bemoved to one side out of the way of any obstruction that may be to oneside or the other of the plow along the line of the rut or road; andalso to provide for elevating and holding the plow-wings out ofoperative position when desired.

It has further for its object to provide means for elevating the rearends of the runners so as to lift the rutter knives out of activeposition in passing over portions of the road which may be supplied witha covering to prevent the sled slipping too fast, thus permitting theplow and knives to travel over such portions without removing thecovering from the road-bed or rut, and also permitting the knives to beraised in crossing railroad tracks and in turning at the end of a roadso that the knives will not be dulled by coming in contact withobstructions of the character mentioned.

It has also for its object to provide a rutter-knife so formed andapplied with relation to a concave portion or recess in the outerface ofthe runner, that the knife will Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 21, 1908.

Patented Feb. 22, 1910.

Serial No. 463,913.

be U-shaped in form and present a cutting edge extending practicallystraight across the runner, and so positioned that the ice and dirt cutby the knife will pass upward over the knife and thence to the rear ofthe knife, the concave recess in the runner being such as to direct theice and dirt rearwardly and outwardly from the runner and against a wingwhich deflects it away to one side of the rut.

To the accomplishment of the foregoing and such other objects as mayhereinafter appear the invention consists in features of constructionand in combination of parts hereinafter particularly described and thensought to be clearly defined by the claims, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing forming a part hereof, and in which- Figure l is aplan view of the plow and rutter; Fig. 2 a side elevation; Fig. 3 avertical longitudinal section; and Fig. 4 a cross section through onerunner.

In the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the runners connected at therear by the cross bars 2 and at the front by the rocking bars 3 of thetongue 4, said. tongue being braced in its connection to the rocking barby tie rods 5 passing through the bar and the rear ends of which may beformed into eyes 6 for engagement therewith of hooks 7 to which will beconnected the draft chains of the plow-wings as hereinafter indicated.To the tongue and its rocking bars will be secured the seat 8 and itssupport 9, the same being so positioned that the seat will lie back ofthe rock-bar so that when occupied by the driver the weight will be sodisposed that the tongue will be counterbalanced and the weight takenfrom off the horses necks.

Through openings 10 formed in the runners will pass the plow wings 11which are connected at one end to each other and diverge rearwardly andbraced apart by the brace 12. The portions of the runners lying on eachside of the openings 10 will be connected together at the bottom by themetal facings or shoes 13 and at the top by the metal arches 14, thusbracing the runners and leaving a space or opening in each runner forthe snow to pass through as moved rearwardly by the plowwvings. Inpractice each opening will preferably be four feet lengthwise of therunner and four feet in depth from the top of the arches to the metalfacings or. shoes of the runners. In

practice the plow-wings will be of such length and so positioned thatthey may lie four feet to each side of the runners, although they may beadjusted by shortening the length of the draft chains 15 which connectthem to the hooks 7 that they may extend to a greater distance betweenthe runners than to the outside thereof, as conditions may require. Ineither event however it will be observed that the wings extend throughthe runners and lie on both sides thereof so that the snow moved anddeflected by them will be directed from between the runners through theopenings therein and directed to one side away from the runners andbeyond the ruts in the road bed, the openings in the runners affording afree passage for the snow. Thus a single pair of wings is made to servethe purpose of removing the snow from between the runner-s anddeflecting it away from the runners and ruts, and consequentlymaterially reducing the friction and draft. The plowwings may besuspended at the working height desired by means of the chain 15 whichconnects the apex or forward end of the wings to a hook 16 connected tothe under side of the seat standard, and by hooks l7 and chains 17 whichconnect the rear ends of the Wings to levers 18 which are pivoted inforks 18 whose shanks 19 pass through apertures in the arches 14 so asto swivel the levers thereto. These levers extend to within reach of thedriver occupying the seat so that he may depress the free ends of thelevers and raise the rear end of the wings as occasion may require; andby placing the free ends of the levers in engagement with the hooks 20attached to the forward ends of the wings, the wings may be elevated andheld up out of operative position.

To the runners, in rear of the snow plow, are secured the knives 21 forcutting the ruts in the iced ditches of the logging road. These knivesare U shaped and made to straddle the runners and are formed withelongated slots 22 through which and through the runners will pass bolts23 for bolting the knives to the runners. The slots in the knivesprovide for adjusting the knives so that they may cut a rut of the depthdesired. These knives are positioned so that their cutting edges willextend in a straight line across the runners, thus avoiding gouging andserving to cut clean. any obstruction in the line of the rut and makinga regular clear cut concave rut in the ice of the ditch so that it willnot be necessary to sprinkle the rut after it is cut in order to get asmooth, regular rut. In the side of each runner where the knife islocated, there is formed a recess 24: which has a concave face so formedthat ice cut from the ditch and any dirt mixed with it will be directedupward from the cutting edge of the knife, thence backwardly over theknife to therear thereof and thence outwardly from the runner. It willbe observed that the knife lies across the recess in the runner and thatthe recess is both to the front and to the rear of the knife. Thisconstruction together with the U shape form of the knife and the settingof the cutting edge straight across the runner, causes the ice and dirtfrom the rut to pass freely over and to the rear of the knife andoutwardly at the rear of the knife to the outer side of the runner. Inthis way, a clean, clear out rut is made and the cut ice and dirt arequickly and without clogging discharged from about the knife. To therear of the recess and knife, there is attached to each runner a shortwing or deflector 25 which removes to one side and away from the runnerthe ice and dirt cut from the rut by the knives.

In logging roads, it is quite common on steep grades to cover the roadwith hay or manure so as to prevent the sled from sliding too fast downthe grade, and at such places it is desirable not to remove the coveringin cutting fresh ruts in the road. To lift the knives out of action atsuch places, and also in turning at the end of a road and in crossingrailroad tracks so that the knives will not be unnecessarily dulled, Iprovide at the rear of the plow and rutter a lever 26 hinged to theframe and having a cam surface 27 so that by turning down the lever andpressing thereon the rear end of the plow and rutter will be raised soas to lift the knives from cutting position. This enables the plow andrutter to slide over the covered portions of the road without removingor cutting into the covering, and also moves the knives out of danger ofbeing dulled or injured in crossing railroad tracks or turning at theend of a road. The preferred construction of lifting lever is to form itwith an enlargement or cam near its hinged end as illustrated, and toprovide metal straps 28 on each side thereof through which and ears 29on a cross bar of the frame will be passed a bolt 30 so as to hinge thelever to the frame. lVhen not in use this lever may be thrown back so asto lie across and rest upon the top of the frame.

If there be any obstruction on either side of the road with which eitherwing of the plow might come in contact, one of the draft chains 15 maybe disconnected from its hook and then the plow will shift to one sideout of the way of the obstruction alongside the road.

The combined plow and rutter constructed as described is compact andstrong, and 0p erates with less friction and with lighter draft on theteam than other constructions, and its various parts are so disposed asto give the best results for removing the snow and cutting the ruts withliability to dog I ging reduced to the minimum. I

I have described with particularity the preferred construction andarrangement of the several parts but it is obvious that changes can bemade and essential features of the invention retained.

Having described my invention and set forth its merits, what I claimis 1. The combination with runners each formed with an opening for thepassage of snow, of a snow plow formed of oppositely disposed divergingwings extended through the openings in the runners and lying on oppositesides of the runners, and means for suspending said plow consisting ofadjusting chains connecting the front and rear portions of the plow withsuitable supports, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a frame having runners each formed with anopening for the passage of snow, of a snow plow formed of oppositelydisposed diverging wings extended through the opening in the runners andlying on opposite sides of the runners, and adjustable draft chainsconnecting the forward end of the plow with a portion of the snow plowand frame for regulating the extent of projection of the wings beyondthe sides of the runners, substantially as described.

3. The combination with a frame having runners each formed with anopening for the passage of snow, of a snow plow formed of oppositelydisposed diverging wings extended through said runners and lying onopposite sides thereof, draftchains connecting the forward end of theplow with a portion of the snow plow and frame, said chains beingdetachably connected with opposite sides of the plow to permit eitherside of the plow to be shifted to one side, substantially as described.

at. The combination with runners, of a snow plow composed of oppositelydisposed diverging wings, levers fulcrumed on a support, flexibleconnections between said levers and the plow for elevating the plow, andmeans for engagement of said levers therewith for holding the plow in araised posi tion, substantially as described.

5. The combination with runners formed with openings for the passage ofsnow and the extension of wings of a plow therethrough, of archesspanning the openings in the runners, a plow formed of oppositelydisposed diverging wings extended through the openings in the runners,and lying on opposite sides of the runners, and levers fulcrunied onsaid arches and connected with the wings of the plow to elevate thesame, substantially as described.

6. The combination with the runners and the plow, of a rocking barconnecting the forward ends of the runners, a tongue con nected to saidbar, and a seat and its stand ard carried by the tongue and its bar andpositioned to aid in counterbalancing the tongue, substantially asdescribed.

7. In a combined snow plow and rutter, the combination with runners, ofU shaped rut cutting knives spanning the underside of the runners andhaving a cutting edge extending substantially straight across therunners, said runners being formed with recesses in their outer faceswhere the knives are located, said recesses forming a space in front of,over and to the rear of the knives and curved to direct ice cuttingsover and to the rear of the knives and to one side of the runners, anddeflectors located at the rear of said recesses to one side of therunners, substantially as described.

8. In a combined snow plow and rutter, the combination with runnerscarrying rutting knives, of a lever having a hinged connection with therear of the plow and rutter frame and provided with a cam so positionedthat when the lever is lowered the cam serves as a fulcrum to enable therear of the runners and the knives to be raised, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JEFF RAY MONPAS.

'Witnesses VEsPnR MORGAN, D. G. DoooLAss.

